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R. S. A. MOORE.

BAG.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.11, 1905;.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908,

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BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed November 11, 1905. Serial No. 286,969.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHMOND S. A. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgedale Station, Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bags; and'the primary object of the invention is to rovide a bag having a tie cord permanenty connected therewith and adapted for longitudinal adjustment thereof, whereby said cord may be tied transversely'above the bag at different points between the ends thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guide by means of which the tie cord is secured to the bag for longitudinal adj ustment,'and which is constructed of flexible material so as not to interfere with the closing of the mouth of the bag.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same con sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and parlicularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective. view of a bag constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a slightly modified manner of securing the guide to the bag. Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating a further modification.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

In the several figures of the drawing, 1 designates an ordinary aper bag, 2 the guide secured upon said ag longitudinally thereof, and 3 a tie cord which is connected with the bag by means of the longitudinal guide. The guide is composed of an elongated stri of flexible material such as paper, cloth or t e like, and it is securedat its ends to the bag adjacent, respectively, to the open end or mouth and to the closed end or bottom of the bag in such a manner as to extend longitudinally ofthe bag. The guide is referably formed with shoulders or offsets a jacent to its attached ends, as shown at 4, in Fig. 1 of the drawings, hus s acing the greater portion of the gu de from t e body of the bag in order to provide for the rece tion of the tie cord between the guide ant the bag, and to permit the free adjustment of the tie cord longitudinally of the bag. Being freely adjustable longitudinally of the bag, it is obvious that the tie cord may be tied transversely above the bag at different points between the ends of the latter. After the tie cord is a plied between the uide and the body of the bag, the ends of said cord are knotted loosely together, partly to prevent it from being lost and also to provide means whereby the bag may be suspended from a hook or other supporting device.

When it is desired to seal the bag, the mouth of the latter is gathered and the tie cord is adjusted longitudinally of the guide to the proper oint, after which the ends of the cord are disconnected and thev cord is passed one or more times transversely above the a thered portion of the bag, and the cord is tIien securely tied. guide is constructed of flexible material it will not interfere with the gathering of the mouth of the bag; it will also be obvious that the tie cord is to be made of ordinary twine, possessing little or no elasticity, so that it ened 112F011 the gathered portion of the bag.

In ,ig. 2 of the drawings has been illustrated a slightly modified manner of securing the guide to the bag, and in this instance the ends of the guide are bent upon themselves and lued or otherwise secured to the bag. The bendin of the ends of the guide spaces the greater Iength of the latter from the bag so as to provide for the reception and adjustment of the tie cord 3. It is also to be noted in connection with this figure that the guide is secured centrally of one side of the ba In Fig. 3 of the drawin s has been il ustrated a still further modi ied manner of securing the guide to the bag; in this instance, one end of the guide is attached exteriorly to the bag near the bottom or closed end of the latter and is ofiset, as at 5, so as to space the greater length of the guide from the body of the bag for the reception of the tie cord 3. The other end of the uide is carried over the edge of one of the sides of the bag, at the mouth of the latter, and is suitably attached to the inner surface thereof. By this construction the tie cord may be moved very close to the mouth or open end of the bag without becoming disconnected from the latter, and the bag may thus be securely tied closely adjacent to the mouth thereof. K This invention is particularly useful in 1 connection with ordinary paper bags such as Inasmuch as the i will be well adapted for being securely tight are extensively used by grocers and other merchants for the pu ose of permanently connecting tie cords wit such bags in such a manner that the latter may be securely sealed or fastened at various points between the ends thereof; each bag being provided with a tie cord permanently connected therewith, thus obviating the necessity of providing special twine for securing the bags after filling the same. The guide strip may be formed very inexpensively of ordinary coarse paper, and the tie cord need be nothing more than a short iece of ordinary twine, it being understood, owever, that said twine mustbe of a nature that will enable it to be securely tightened about and tied upon the gathered portion of the bag, it being further understood that. the latter is to be constructed of material that will yield to such gathering and ti htenin I am aware that poclretbooks and document cases have been provided with elastic securing bands permanently connected therewith by means of longitudinally disposed staples in such a manner that such elastic se- I curing bands may be adjusted about theibook or case at various points between the ends of the latter; but I am not aware that a enact?" tie cord has heretofore been adjustably connected with a paper bag, by means of a guidestrip connected with such bag, whereby said bag may be gathered, tightened and secured at various points intermediate its ends by mealns of the said permanently attached tie cor Havin thus fully described the invention, what I c aim as new is A paper bag open at one end and closed at the other end, a flexible cord-retaining strip extending from the open end of the bag along one side thereoftoward the closed end of the bag and secured at both ends thereto, and a tie cord for the bag passing crosswise between the bag and the strip and ada ted for sliding movement toward and away rom the mouth of the bag, permitting the bag to be gathered at any distance from its mouth and adapting the cord to be wrapped transversely around the gathered portion of the bag and tied, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. RICHMOND S. A. MOORE.

Witnesses:

CARL SHEDIN, P. P. COLEMAN. 

